The Sign of the Covenant In the last chapter, we saw Abraham’s tragic mistake in trying
to hasten the work of God. He was eighty-six when Ishmael
was born and ninety-nine when Isaac was born. However,
before Isaac could be born, faith had to be exercised. This
chapter explains how the covenant was recei …
Abraham And Ishmael are Circumcised Up to this point, Abraham had assumed that his descendants
would come through Ishmael.
When God told him that his wife Sarah would bear him a son,
Abraham laughed. Abraham
laughed because to him it seemed impossible for a barren 90-year
old woman to give birth to
a son.Abraham’s …
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The Sign of the Covenant
In the last chapter, we saw Abraham’s tragic mistake in trying to hasten the work of God. He was eighty-six when Ishmael was born and ninety-nine when Isaac was born. However, before Isaac could be born, faith had to be exercised. This chapter explains how the covenant was recei …
Abraham And Ishmael are Circumcised
Up to this point, Abraham had assumed that his descendants would come through Ishmael. When God told him that his wife Sarah would bear him a son, Abraham laughed. Abraham laughed because to him it seemed impossible for a barren 90-year old woman to give birth to a son.Abraham’s …